The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Lord of the memes@midwest.socialEnglish · 5 months agoTolkien wasn't always the most creative with names.lemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1634arrow-down113
arrow-up1621arrow-down1external-linkTolkien wasn't always the most creative with names.lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Lord of the memes@midwest.socialEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square25fedilink
minus-squareSuspiciousCatThing@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·5 months agoThe only one that really bothers me is them using the Gregorian calander.
minus-squaretegs_terry@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·5 months agoThe idea is that it’s a translation, so some words are just modern ones used in place of what the ‘real’ ones are.
minus-squareLux@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·5 months agoTolkien’s books are essentially english/European mythology, so it kind of sort of makes sense
minus-squareThavron@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 months agoI believe there’s a whole section of one of the books devoted to the in world-calendars and their relation to the Gregorian one.
minus-squareSuspiciousCatThing@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoI didn’t know that, but that’s good.
The only one that really bothers me is them using the Gregorian calander.
The idea is that it’s a translation, so some words are just modern ones used in place of what the ‘real’ ones are.
Tolkien’s books are essentially english/European mythology, so it kind of sort of makes sense
I believe there’s a whole section of one of the books devoted to the in world-calendars and their relation to the Gregorian one.
I didn’t know that, but that’s good.